The documents in the present volume are obtained from the following
sources:
1. Events in Filipinas.--From Montero y Vidal's Historia de Filipinas,
ii, pp. 66-70, 115-140, 229-382; from a copy in possession of the
Editors.
2. Financial affairs.--From a MS. copy (probably an official duplicate
of the original document), in the possession of Edward E. Ayer.
3. Letter by Viana.--From Viana's MS. book, Cartas y consultas,
fol. 39v-46; apparently Viana's original letter-book for the year 1767;
it is in the possession of Edward E. Ayer.
4. Anda's Memorial.--From Pardo de Tavera's publication (with many
annotations), Memorial de Anda y Salazar (Manila, 1899); from a copy
belonging to James A. Robertson.
5. Ordinances of good government.--From José Felipe Del-Pan's
Ordenanzas de buen gobierno de Corcuera, Cruzat y Raon (Manila, 1891);
from a copy belonging to the Library of Congress.
6. Instructions to the secular clergy.--From Ferrando's Historia de
PP. dominicos (Madrid, 1871) v, pp. 59, 60; from a copy belonging to
E. E. Ayer.
7. Expulsion of the Jesuits.--From Danvila y Collado's Reinado de
Carlos III (Madrid, 1894), tomos ii, iii, from a copy belonging to
the Library of Congress; Crétineau-Joly's Histoire de la Compagnie
de Jésus, v, pp. 236-254, from a copy in the State Historical
Library of Wisconsin; Montero y Vidal's Historia de Filipinas, ii,
pp. 181-228. The decree by the archbishop is obtained from a printed
copy (dated January 1, 1770) in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid.
8. The council of 1771.--From a copy of the original Latin MS. (which
is conserved in private archives), sent to the Editors by a friend
in Germany.